Laughing Gull VS Reddish Egret

[ThomasChadwick]

Laughing Gull VS Reddish Egret

Canon 500m f4 L is
1d Mark IV
Tripod
1/5000 sec
F 7.1
ISO 640

The Laughing Gull stole the shrimp from the Reddish egret and flew away. The Reddish Egret tried to attack the gull, but didn’t feel like flying after him.

[Marina Scarr]

This is a pretty interesting behavior capture you have here. Your egret is nice and sharp and you have a great angle. Love the breeding plumes, shrimp and sharp eye. The only thing I wish for here is that we could see the gull's eye. I think that would have given the image more power.

[Satish Ranadive]

Beautiful image, Thomas.Very nice moment captured.Nice colors and details on egret. Rest is mentioned by Marina.

Regards,
Satish.

[Doug Brown]

I second Marina's excellent critique. A cool encounter, but it's exponentially less likely to get everything right in a frame like this.